Luyện nhớ 600 từ vựng cho bài thi TOEIC

1. Short conversations

[M] Would you choose to work for television news instead of a newspaper?

[W] No way! Newspaper can cover a story much more thoroughly than television news.

[M] That’s certainly a decisive answer.

[W] Does the Internet constitute a legitimate media vehicle?

[M] If an organization disseminates news to the public, it is considered a news outlet.

[W] I think many people find it convenient to link the news right from their computers.

[M] I don’t think I can complete my assignment by the deadline.

[W] I’m feeling the pressure of constantly having to perform on deadline. My reporting is starting to suffer.

[M] I doubt that our subscribers know what we go through to put out a paper everyday.

[W] Why did you decide to become an investigative reporter?

[M] I was excited about the chance to provide an in-depth look at topics of interest.

[W] Your reports certainly have had an impact on the profession of journalism.

2. Word Families

Verb

Choose

No one was surprised when the student decide to choose a career in journalism.

Noun

Choice

It’s your choice whether we use a color or black and white photo.

Adjective

Choosy

The editor was famous for being choosy about whom she wanted on her staff.

Verb

Investigate

Alban was excited about his first chance to investigate a story.

Noun

Investigation

The investigation into the president’s past was covered by the media worldwide.

Adjective

Investigative

After turning up details in the crime that even the police had missed, Helen became well known as an investigation reporter.

Verb

Subscribe

I subscribe to the local newspaper to stay current.

Noun

Subscription

Buying a subscription to the magazine was much less expensive than buying individual issues.

Adjective

Subscribers

The magazine went out of business because it did not have enough subscribers.

Verb

Thoroughness

A newspaper cannot survive long without a reputation for thoroughness.

Noun

Thorough

Toshi is famous for her thorough and fair reporting of the issues.

Adjective

Thoroughly

The reporter thoroughly checked all his facts to advoid any potential embarrassment.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

1. I don’t want to pressure you, but you need to ____ the reporter who will cover the mayor’s race this year.

(A) chosen

(B) choosy

(C) choose

(D) choice

2. The reporters followed the official ______ by interviewing all the witnesses to the crime.

(A) investigate

(B) investigation

(C) investigative

(D) investigational

3. I need to renew my _____ for cable television, but I can’t find the form.

(A) subscribing

(B) subscription

(C) subscriber

(D) subscribe

4. The editor was impressed with how _____ the reporter was in getting the details from his sources.

(A) thorough

(B) thoroughness

(C) thoroughly

(D) thoroughbred

3. Short talk

Read the following passage and write the appropriate form of the new words in the blanks below

Assignments

Constitutes

Impact

Links

Chooses

Decisions

In-depth

Subscribes

Constant

Disseminated

Investigative

Thoroughly

Chen likes to get his news from the paper. Lemma turns on the television to find out what’s going on in the world.

Eve ____ to more magazines than she can keep track of, whereas Kobi ____ to listen to radio talk shows that cover issues _____ to tap into what’s going on in the world. All these people are touched by the media.

What is the media? What ____ the media? The media consists of all the ways that news and information is ____ to a mass audience.

The media convers everything from hard news, which is ____ reporting, to stories that are purely entertaining, such as whether your favorite movie star was on the “Best Dressed/Worst Dressed” list.

Whether in print or broadcast on TV, the stories are the product of the reporting of many journalists who write the stories, and editors who give out the _____, assess the quality of the writing and research, and make the _____ about where and when the stories run.

The news has an immediate_____. The Internet puts global news onto the personal computer on your desk. Almost all browsers have ____ to up-to-the-minute news stories from various news services.

You can get ____ news updates from a variety of sources via your personal computer, providing you with the most up-to-date and____ convinient.